Treble Bleed Capacitor Mod?????

[THE_EB_KID]

I'm wondering how a treble bleed mod would work with the silent circuit?

 

[beej]

Will work just fine. The treble bleed mod is a capacitor/resistor to prevent highs from being bled to ground so you don't lose your highs as you turn down the volume. Totally independant of the silent circuit, pickup type, etc.

 

[THE_EB_KID]

Thanks!!thats The One I've Done In My Custom Shop Strat,
And It Works Fine, I Wasn't Sure About The Silent Circuit.
Thanks

 

[Spudmurphy]

Can you explain to us electronics buffoons what such a mod is/entails?

 

[58super]

Can you explain to us electronics buffoons what such a mod is/entails?

There's a diagram here: http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/volkit_howto.gif

 

[Spudmurphy]

There's a diagram here: http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/volkit_howto.gif

Thanks for the diagram
I did say I was an Electronics Buffoon - so what is the mod on the diagram?

 

[beej]

Can you explain to us electronics buffoons what such a mod is/entails?

Fo sho' Spud.

Take a resistor and capacitor in parallel (both ends connect together) and then run them across the lugs of the volume pot that aren't grounded (e.g. the input and middle lug).

People use different values. Tommy's own Acme suggests a 680pf capacitor (that's "picofarads") and a 220k resistor. I believe Bill Lawrence suggests the same and I've heard good things.

 

[yesandno]

I replaced the pups in both my tele and strat with Bill Lawrence pups (the real BL) and I messed around with a few different values of cap and resistor till I kinda liked what I heard. But that could've been a bit of psychological thing happening too.
I'm no expert but the theory is that the capacitor keeps the high end when turning down the volume and the resisitor changes the value of the pot that the pickup "sees". So, for example, (and maybe not math corrrect) a 150k resistor on a your standard humbucker 500meg pot will make the pickup see it as, say, 300meg.
In this way, some pickups might sound better at that value. Maybe less shrill and less icepicky.

 

[Colin]

I think someone has installed a suck knob on mine......

 

[Spudmurphy]

LOL !!

Yeah on mine too!!